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The '''list of implied organizations''' is a list of organizations that have not physically appeared up in any form of media to this point in time. Regardless of their lack of appearance, implied organizations have been mentioned at least once throughout the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. They are listed here, sorted by their first mention.

==''Saturday Supercade''==

===''Hollywood Reporter''===

The '''''Hollywood Reporter''''', also known as the '''''Hollywood Tatler'''''{{sic}}, is a newspaper company featured in the ''[[Saturday Supercade]]'' episode "[[Movie Mania]]", appearing as the publisher of [[Clovis]]'s newspaper. When planning to get revenge at [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Flint Westwood]] after the latter fires him, he reads about ''[[List of implied entertainment#The Return of the Phantom|The Return of the Phantom]]'' in the newspaper, deciding to poses as the "Phantom", its titular character.

===Moving Ace===

'''Moving Ace''' is a moving company appearing on a moving truck in the ''Saturday Supercade'' episode "[[Magnificent Seven-Year Olds]]". During the episode, when [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] chases after [[Mickey and Stretch]] after they steal [[Alan]]'s bicycle, he bounces on the mattress of a bed two movers of the company are carrying.

===Tyson Trucks===

[[File:SS Tyson Trucks.png|thumb|An advertisement for Tyson Trucks]]

Tyson Trucks is an apparent truck company featured in the ''Saturday Supercade'' episode "[[Trucknapper Caper]]", appearing as a poster inside [[Turnpike Tex Truck Stop]]. Not much else is known about the company.

====Brooklyn Dodgers====

During the live-action segment "[[Two Bums From Brooklyn]]", [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] hoped Mr. Lasagna would recruit them for the team. Unimpressed with both their skills and their cooking, Mr. Lasagna decided to bring their meatballs back for his team to practice with in lieu of actual baseballs, and offered them jobs tossing [[peanut]]s at ballgames.

====Brooklyn Plumbing School====

The '''Brooklyn Plumbing School''' is a school at which at which Mario and Luigi were members of the band for three years. The band is called the Brooklyn Plumbing School Band. The only mention of these organizations was by Mario and Luigi during ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' animated episode "[[The Pied Koopa]]". During the episode, Toad asks the brothers if they can play the instruments they had created out of [[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Castle's]] plumbing. Luigi responded that they had been in the band. Mario commented that they were thrown out for eating during a concert. Luigi maintains that he was not, but had simply held Mario's salami sandwich while his brother turned the page. Because of this, it can be inferred know they sat in close proximity. Mario had made a trumpet while Luigi created a trombone, two instruments that are classically situated nearby one another.

====Brooklyn Utility Co.====

The '''Brooklyn Utility Co.''' is an electric company mentioned in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' live-action segment "[[Treasure of the Sierra Brooklyn]]". It is mentioned on warning placard on some wires, which mentions that removing the wires will result in the power in [[Brooklyn]] going out.

====Bull Oil Company====

'''Bull Oil Company''' is an oil company briefly mentioned in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', in the live-action segment, "[[Texas Tea]]". [[Ted Bull]], upon introducing himself in the beginning of the episode, tells Mario and Luigi that he is known to be the owner of the oil company.

====Chippie Chipmunks====

The '''Chippie Chipmunks''' are a group of people mentioned during ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' in the same-titled live-action segment "[[Chippie Chipmunks]]".  

====Ding-a-Ling Bros. Circus====

The '''Ding-a-Ling Bros. Circus''' is a circus mentioned in both television series ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]''. Its name is a reference to the real-life {{wp|Ringling Brothers Circus}}.

 

In ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', it is mentioned during the live-action segment "[[Gorilla My Dreams (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|Gorilla My Dreams]]", where a news broadcast informs that a gorilla had escaped from the circus and warns citizens to keep their doors locked.  

 

It is mentioned again in ''Donkey Kong Country'' during the song "[[List of Donkey Kong Country (television series) songs#Tell Me Everything|Tell Me Everything]]" where [[Donkey Kong]] mentions that he has tickets for it after being told by [[Inka Dinka Doo]] that he must give up everything to know the secrets about the [[Crystal Coconut]].  

====Grand Order of Plumbers====

The '''Grand Order of Plumbers''' is an organization dedicated to plumbing from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''. The only mention of the Grand Order of Plumbers was in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' live-action segment "[[Plumbers of the Year]]", in which the Grand Order of Plumbers sent the [[Imperial Poobah]] to grant [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] the status of Plumbers of the Year.

====''Harem Recycler''====

The '''''Harem Recycler''''' is a newspaper company mentioned in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode "[[Mario's Magic Carpet]]." [[Sultan Pasbah]] mentions that he placed an advertisement in the newspaper offering to sell [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] to the highest bidder.

====Missing Bird Bureau====

The '''Missing Bird Bureau''' is an organization briefly mentioned in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode "[[The Bird! The Bird!]]". Judging from its name, it can be surmised that the Missing Bird Bureau is employed by individuals to search for missing birds, as evidenced by a [[Giant Birdo]] using it to find her missing child, [[Cheepy]].

====Pidgit Express====

The '''Pidgit Express''' is an organization briefly mentioned in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode "[[Mario's Magic Carpet]]". Little is known of the Pidgit Express, though it is possible it is a mercenary group, as [[Bowser|King Koopa]], through a phone call, hires a dozen [[Pidgit]]s to attack Mario, Luigi, [[Toad]], and the [[Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|genie]]'s flying carpet through it. However, only nine Pidgits come. The name may be a play on the defunct low-cost airline {{wp|People Express Airlines (1980)|People Express}}.

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:''For the episode, see [[Slime Busters]]''.

'''Slime Busters''' is an organization comprised of members who specialize in ridding residencies of [[Slime Ghost]]s. The Slime Busters' are heavily based on the ''{{wp|Ghostbusters}}'', an organization dedicated to ghost hunting made famous by its self-titled films; their first successful capture was the ghost later known as Slimer.

 

In the live-action segment of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', in the episode ''[[Slime Busters]]'', [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]] contacted the Slime Busters to take care of a Slime Ghost infestation. The Slime Busters sent [[Ernie Hudson]], who was famous for playing {{wp|Winston Zeddemore}} in both ''Ghostbusters'' films, to fix their issue.

 

'''''The Brooklyn Times''''' is a newspaper company featured in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' live-action segment "[[Neatness Counts]]", appearing as the publisher of [[Nicole Eggert|Nicole]]'s newspaper. The newspaper praises the Mario Bros. as the "best plumbers in [[Brooklyn]]".

 

'''Weird and Spooky Gadgets Incoporated''' is a company appearing in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode "[[Time Out Luigi]]" that sells strange and bizarre items. [[Angelica]] is mentioned as being a salesperson for the company.

====Mushroom Wrestling Federation====

==''Nintendo Comics System''==

===Fungus Bureau of Investigation===

The '''Fungus Bureau of Investigation''' is a government department mentioned in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' comic "[[Duh Stoopid Bomb!]]" Its name is a parody of the {{wp|Federal Bureau of Investigation}}. During the comic, [[Wooster]] suddenly arrives in the [[Peach's Castle|castle]] war room and declares that they have new information from the bureau, which [[Luigi]] suspects is a message from [[Toad]], who [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] reveals previously been sent to infiltrate [[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's castle]].

 

==''Mario is Missing! (PC)''==

 

'''Boyz II Pumpkins''' is a contemporary band mentioned by [[Frog Sage|Frogfucius]] in the ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' Nintendo Player's Guide.<ref>{{cite|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|author=Pelland, Scott, and Kent Miller|title=''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' Player's Guide|page=71}}</ref> Frogfucius cites the band as an example of the poor music being produced in the contemporary era, compared to [[How Much is That Doggie in the Window?|the music he grew up with as a child]]. He states: "When I was a wee tadpole, we had real music. None of this Boyz II Pumpkins nonsense." The name Boyz II Pumpkins is a combination of {{wp|Boyz II Men}}, an R&B group, and {{wp|The Smashing Pumpkins}}, an alternative rock group, both popular in the 1990s.

 

==''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''==

The '''Kingdom News Network''' ('''KNN''') is presumably a news station that broadcasts in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. The [[Lakitu Bros.]] work as eyewitness reporters for this network, as revealed in the ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' Nintendo Player's Guide and in leftover text from test builds of ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. The game itself also mentions that they work for a news station, though it goes unnamed in-game. The name is a parody of American news channel {{wp|CNN|Channel News Network}}.

 

{{quote|On behalf of the Federation of Future Rulers, you, Monkey Kong, have been elected future ruler of all future rulers. We would like you to report for your five year term in office tomorrow.|Federation of Future Rulers' letter|"[[Message in a Bottle Show]]"}}

The '''Federation of Future Rulers''' is a federation mentioned in the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' television series]] episode "[[Message in a Bottle Show]]". The point of the federation is nominating whomever they believe should become a future ruler. The federation is mentioned in a message in a bottle that [[Donkey Kong]] finds while fishing. The message is addressed to someone named [[List of implied characters#Monkey Kong|Monkey Kong]]; however, Donkey Kong misreads the letter and believes that it was addressed to him.

 

 

'''FM Shroom''' is a [[Mushroom Kingdom]] radio station mentioned by [[Russ T.]]. Its DJ is [[List of implied characters#DJ Toad|DJ Toad]], as mentioned in his message on the back of the [[Toad Town]] message board in ''[[Paper Mario]]''.

 

The '''Goomba Environmental Board''' is mentioned once by [[Goombario]] in ''Paper Mario''. If Mario uses Goombario's [[Tattle]] in the area of [[Toad Town Tunnels]] in which the [[Shrink Stomp]] badge can be found, Goombario expresses concern about where the polluted water is being sent to and threatens to inform the organization.

 

'''Toad Town Tours''' is a travel agency in ''Paper Mario''. It offers tours to many places throughout the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], including [[Pleasant Path]] and [[Koopa Bros. Fortress]], [[Dry Dry Ruins (Paper Mario)|Dry Dry Ruins]], the South Sea, and the [[Shiver Region]]. The tour information can be read on the [[List of Toad Town News in Paper Mario|Toad Town notice board]] at some point in Chapter 4 of the game. Furthermore, a red [[Toad (species)|Toad]] working for the agency can be found near the [[Mt. Rugged]] train station at the beginning of Chapter 2.

'''Goldbobbington's''' is a large corporation that [[Goldbob]] the [[Bob-omb]] owns. It was mentioned during ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Not much is known about this corporation, only that it is a wealthy organization. If Mario speaks to Goldbob's wife [[Sylvia (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Sylvia]] at any point during [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory|Chapter 3]], she erroneously refers to the corporation as "Golbobbington's".

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|JpnR=Kūrihhi Daigaku

|JpnM=Pun on「チューリッヒ大学」(''Chūrihhi Daigaku'', "{{wp|University of Zurich}}") and「クリボー」(''Kuribō'', "Goomba")

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|ChiSM=From “栗宝宝” (''Lì Bǎobao'', "Goomba") and “苏黎世大学” (''Sūlíshì Dàxué'', "University of Zurich")

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====Luigi Fan Club====

The '''Luigi Fan Club''' is, as the name suggests, a fan club for [[Mario]]'s brother, [[Luigi]], mentioned in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. There are only two known members of this fan club: [[Toadia]] (from [[Poshley Heights]]), who is the secretary, and an unnamed [[Toad (species)|Toad]] from [[Petalburg]], the leader. These two characters provide the only mentions of the club. Several other characters in the game also state their favoritism of Luigi, especially in Petalburg.

 

The secretary ironically mistakes Mario for Luigi because Mario is wearing a green hat and shirt. When she meets the real Luigi, she calls him a fake.

====Silver Club====

The '''Silver Club''' is a club mentioned by [[Mayor Dour]] during his [[Newsletter...|trouble]] in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. The main purpose of this club is to share secrets about maintaining youth and longevity which is made more prominent by their slogan: "Age? What?". The club has been around for twenty years and the only known members are the aforementioned mayor, the [[Puni elder]], and [[Kroop|Mayor Kroop]].

====University of Goom====

The '''University of Goom''' (also known as '''U Goom''') is a university mentioned in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. [[Goombella]] attended this college at some point prior to her adventures with Mario in and around [[Rogueport]]. Her teacher was [[Professor Frankly]], who was doing research in Rogueport during the events of the game.

===''Super Paper Mario''===

====Sweaty Palm Martial Arts Academy====

The '''Sweaty Palm Martial Arts Academy''' is a combat training school referred to by the [[Sammer Guy]]s Slipping Grip, Clammy Hand, and Forbidden Slap in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. Forbidden Slap is stated to have been the top student until his expulsion for studying "forbidden slapping techniques", while Slipping Grip is stated to be the second best student. Slipping Grip and Clammy Hand convince Forbidden Slap to re-enroll in the academy after his defeat, certain they will take him back. However, if the [[Duel of 100]] is replayed after the game's completion, Forbidden Slap still speaks of expulsion, leaving it unknown if the academy allowed him to return.

 

The Sweaty Palms academy and its students' names may be a joke based on early reports that [[Wii]] players would get sweaty hands while playing, lose the grip on their remote and subsequently throw it into their television, furniture or other players.

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'''The Nintendo News''' is the company that produced the newspaper [[Wario]] reads at the beginning of ''Wario Land 4''. Only one issue is seen with the discovery of the [[Golden Pyramid]] on the front cover; though the name is visible on the newspaper's sprite, it is not fully shown during normal gameplay.

 

===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===

'''Beanbean Air''' is a line of aircraft mentioned in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. The planes fly from the [[Beanbean Kingdom|Beanbean Kingdom's]] [[Beanbean International Airport|airport]] to a [[Mushroom Kingdom]] airport. A [[Beanish]] lady claims that [[Chuckola Cola (Mario & Luigi series)|Chuckola Cola]] is prohibited onboard Beanbean Air.<ref>{{cite|quote=I'm terribly sorry, but Chuckola Cola is prohibited on airplanes. Any soda will be CONFISCATED!|author=Beanish in [[Beanbean International Airport]]|title=''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''}}</ref>

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|Chi=豆豆航空<ref>From the unreleased [[iQue]] version of ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''</ref>

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===Wrecking Crew===